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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, has said that the 46th National Day is testimony to the fact that no matter what the challenges are, the determination of honest leaders to prioritise the wellbeing and prosperity of citizens over everything else always prevails. In a statement issued through the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Scottish government has appointed its first Scottish trade envoy to the UAE and in the MENA region, reflecting the significance of the UAE to Scotland and the UK. Nick Maclean will serve in the position as part of Scotland’s plans to extend its worldwide business reach with the appointment of a team of trade envoys ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a Resolution forming a Joint Cooperation Committee between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In its first article, the Resolution stipulates the establishment of a joint committee for cooperation and coordination between the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to be jointly chaired ...

SHARJAH / WAM The first Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS 2017) was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of NAMA and Honorary Patron for Global Women’s Inclusion, and several high-ranking government ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), on Monday announced that the electronic registration is open for local and international exhibitors, visitors and media persons wishing to participate in the 2018 editions of Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference, UMEX, and Simulation Exhibition and Conference, SimTEX. Organised by ADNEC, UMEX and SimTEX 2018 will run from February 25-27, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), is participating at the 16th edition of the Gulf Traffic Exhibition and Conference aiming at introducing the public with ITC’s latest projects, initiatives and smart applications. Mohammed Darwish Al Qamzi, the General Manager of the ITC, said that the projects and smart applications the ITC is presenting in the Gulf Traffic ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR), the largest theme park destination in the region, on Monday announced a partnership with Zayed University (ZU) – Abu Dhabi and Dubai campuses – to harness the perspective of Emirati youth on promoting the destination and positioning DPR at the forefront of the UAE’s growing leisure and entertainment sector. The programme ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa University of Science and Technology announced that its state-of-the-art Masdar Institute Environmental Monitoring Platform (MIEMP), deployed at the Abu Dhabi Mangrove National Park, has become the first eddy covariance station in the Arabian Peninsula to join the FLUXNET network. Eddy covariance provides an accurate way to measure fluctuations of energy over a variety of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has attended the March of Union on Sunday as part of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2017 in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi, on the occasion of the 46th National Day. The march organised by ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) has announced that in line with a regulatory decision issued by His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, it has closed its Records Department to make the transition to a fully smart archiving system. To achieve the transformation, DLD has collaborated with a company specialised in photovoltaic archiving. The ...